“Ben, I don’t want to take your freedom. I just want a place in your world. An important one.”
He craned his neck, tipping my chin up to make me look at him at the same time. “Sweetheart, you’ve been important since day one.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“You can have my time, and you can have my attention,” he said, words slow and deliberate. “Sweetheart, you can have whatever the fuck you want, I promise. Whatever you need. No more holding back, no more fear. And if you still feel you have to get on that plane tonight, then we’re doing it together.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“She’s the girl you put a baby in, asshole. And if she’s been going through half the shit Lena’s been dealing with, then you are just about the lowest cunt I’ve come across in a long time for making her do it alone.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Why are you here?” I reached back behind my head and grabbed his wrists, stilling him. “Ben?”
“Because apparently I’m shit at staying away from you.”
“Then I guess we have a problem.” Our fingers meshed, holding on tight.
“That’s putting it fucking mildly.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“You’re giving him a place to belong, things to plan for, a life outside of all of this. Idiot didn’t even realize he needed it, but he does. You’re grounding him. No one else has given him that in a long time.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“With all the skill and speed of a seasoned maile stripper, Mal turned on his heel. “And you, young lady! You are grounded until further notice.”
“I’m grounded?”
“Babe.” Anne winced. “That’s not going to fly.”
“And you are never to talk to Ben again. He is clearly a very bad influence on you.” The drummer continued, obvlicious, sneering at his former friend. “Is that understood, Elizabeth?”
Lauren snickered.
“Yeah. Okay,” I said.
“Good.”
“Get out,” I said.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Dicks don't have brains. It's why men get into trouble”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Relax.”
“You try relaxing with a huge boner rubbing against your back. I’m trying to break up with you – not that we’re even together – and your penis is not helping.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“I'd never needed to know that my sister was a screamer. Never. That Mal was a screamer too just kind of confused me.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Give him to me," said Anne. "Not everybody wants to French kiss the dog, Mal." The blond, heavily tattooed man grinned, handing the fur baby over. "But he's a great kisser. I taught him myself.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“People with low self-esteem fear love. (Yep. Psychology degree rears its head again.) They doubt another person’s ability to appreciate them, because they don’t see the worth in themselves.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“I don’t want to take your freedom. I just want a place in your world. An important one.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“He might as well be dressed in furs and carrying a spear, presenting me with the boar he’d caught for dinner. Ah, good old-fashioned Stone Age romance.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“What do I do?”
“Give me a chance to catch up.”
I just stared at him, trying to keep my cool. Took two to tango, yada yada.
“I’m serious.” His shoulders heaved up and down. “Just give me a chance to catch up and I promise, Lizzy, I will have your back.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“He gave me a long look. “Any time. If you need something, I want you to tell me. That’s the only way this is going to work.”
“Okay.” I needed his naked body at my disposal. Now.
“I want total honesty from you, okay?”
“Total honesty.” So help me, I’d ride him all the way home and back again.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“But how the hell was I to know Ben would bring along a gynecological psychic?”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Dreamy dark eyes pinned me in place owning me. He licked his lips. Every time he did that my hormones erupted into the song of joy, a full orchestra plus heavenly choir accompanying. The whole shebang. It was ridiculous.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Lord of the Sex strikes again!”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Still not breaking eye contact, he slid a finger into me. “You’re very wet.”
“Yeah. You know, it’s kind of hard to focus on relationship talk when you’re fingering me.”
“We can talk all you want later. Promise.”
“’kay.” I made a pitiful noise in my throat…
“I mean, you got hot for me in Vegas. But this…Sweetheart, Christ, this is fucking awesome.”
“I masturbate. A lot.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“apparently someone had diddled away their shift at the prophylactics factory and here we were. Pregnant.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“No way. I still get these horrible flashbacks of that night and wake up crying, terrified that some sexed-up howler monkey is going to attack me.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“Why does it always come down to sex with women in the media?”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“If I could just keep my legs shut I might yet win this battle. It seemed an insurmountable task, given the array of his arsenal. The size of his artillery. One hand dived down further, stroking between my legs, while the other held the back of my head. I was helpless, the battle lost. God, I sucked.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“None other than Malcolm Ericson, drummer for worldwide renowned rock group Stage Dive, had somehow shacked up with my sister. My quiet, calm, color-within-the-lines-or-else sister.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“I don’t want to take your freedom. I just want a place in your world. An important one.” He”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“My heart had made its decision and there was no going back. Still, it was hard not to be all bitter and betrayed over his announcement. I didn’t even have the luxury of being able to get blind rotten drunk. And believe me, dealing with all this sober sucked.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“I’d kind of already been expecting the worst, to be in this alone. Now I knew. Twice he’d disappointed me; this couldn’t be a surprise. Nothing had changed, not really.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“A wounded heart was apparently no competition for an overeager vagina.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“You’re beautiful. Relax.” “You try relaxing with a huge boner rubbing against your back. I’m trying to break up with you—not that we’re even together—and your penis is not helping.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
“I might only come up to his shoulder, but god damn would I make bending down worth his while.”
― Kylie Scott, quote from Deep
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“Time should have stopped with the clocks but instead it moved in a glazed dream of tiredness without their ticking insistence.”
― John McGahern, quote from Amongst Women
“To move foward, you have to leave the past behind”
― Susannah Cahalan, quote from Brain on Fire: My Month of Madness
“Старушка допивала последние капли кофе, выцеживая их снова и снова, хотя в чашке ничего не было. Ей хотелось убедиться, что в чашке не задержалось ни капли — последнюю она выпила целых два раза.
Фред Булькнем. ТИПОГРАФСКАЯ КРАСКА.
Автор – бывший журналист, вся его книга неразборчиво написана от руки – слова вьются вокруг бутылки виски.
– Всё, – объявил он, отдав мне книгу. – Двадцать лет.
Он нетвёрдо вышел из библиотеки, на ветхом поводу у самого себя.
А я остался стоять и смотреть на двадцать лет его жизни.
На улице только что пошел дождь. Я слышу, как он плещет в стекла и эхом отдается среди книг. Похоже, в этом прекрасном сумраке жизней они знают, что снаружи идет дождь, а я жду Вайду.
Одуванчики – себе на уме, держатся обособленно, но ромашки эти, я вам скажу!
На себя она тоже не смотрела. Сам не знаю, куда, но на что-то она смотрела очень пристально. Наверное, та вещь, на которую она смотрела, находилась у нее же внутри. Недоступная чужим взглядам.
Снова глянула на меня, и я почувствовал, как кто-то выглядывает из нее, словно тело её – замок, в котором живет принцесса.
– Идти нам больше некуда, – сказал я. – Если бы вы ушли сегодня, я бы чувствовал себя преступником. Очень трудно спать с чужими. Я бросил это много лет назад, но мы ведь с вами не чужие. Правда?
Она обратила на меня 3/4 взгляда.
– Нет, мы не чужие.
Я зашел гораздо дальше того, чтобы просто принять книгу у этой странной, неловкой, прекрасной девушки. Теперь мне предстояло принять её тело – оно лежало передо мной, с него следовало снять одежду, чтобы мы смогли соединить наши тела, словно две половинки моста над пропастью.
Она снова поцеловала меня – на этот раз, с языком. Её язык скользнул мимо моего языка струйкой плавкого стекла.
С вершиной было покончено – пришло время заняться подножьем. У девушек слишком много разных частей.
Я стащил с нее сапоги, а потом и носки. Мне нравилось, как мои руки текут по её ногам, словно вода по ручью. Милее гальки, чем пальчики у нее на ногах, я никогда не видел.
Они просто не понимают, во что влипают, или же им это нравится. Может, они все – такие же свиньи, как те, кто своими телами регулирует денежные приливы и отливы: кинозвезды, модели, шлюхи.
Ох ты ж, Господи!
Я просто не понимаю, чем эти тела так фатально притягивают к себе мужчин и женщин. У моей сестры – мое тело, длинное и костлявое. Зачем все эти слои сверху, не понимаю. Это не мои груди. Это не мои бедра. Это не моя задница. Ты видишь за ними меня? Присмотрись внимательнее. Я там, внутри этого хлама, господин библиотекарь.
– Мне кажется, ты неправа, – сказал я. – Нравится тебе это или нет, но ты – очень красивая женщина, и сосуд, в котором ты хранишься, роскошен. Может, тебе не этого нужно, но это тело – твое, и ты должна о нем хорошенько заботиться и к тому же, гордиться им. Я знаю, что это трудно, но не бери в голову, чего бы там ни хотели другие люди и чего бы ни получали. У тебя есть нечто прекрасное – попробуй жить с этим в мире.
Черт возьми, труднее всего в этом мире понять красоту. Не ведись на подростковые сексуальные позывы остального мира. Ты – умница, и голова для тебя важнее, чем тело, – так и должно быть.
Рассчитывать на выигрыш тоже не стоит. Жизнь для этого коротка. Это тело – ты, и лучше к нему привыкнуть, поскольку ничего другого тебе не досталось, и от себя не спрячешься.
Это ты.
Пускай у твоей сестры останется ее тело, а ты учись ценить своё, привыкай жить с ним. Мне кажется, тебе понравится, ты только не напрягайся: мало ли, чьи там мысли плохо пахнут.
А если будешь зависать на чужих зависах, весь мир покажется одной большой виселицей.
Она улыбалась, и на ней было короткое зелёное платье. Улыбку она носила поверх платья. Как цветок.
– Ну, дела – а вы симпотная девица! Черт, я рад, что сюда добрался! Каждая миля того стоила. Господи боже мой, мэм, да вы такая красотуля, что я б десять миль по утреннему морозу босиком пробежал, лишь бы в ваших теплых какашках постоять!”
― Richard Brautigan, quote from The Abortion
“It is of interest of times to change, Mr. Helecki. And it is the business of gentlemen to change with them.”
― Amor Towles, quote from A Gentleman in Moscow
“Americans often wonder how this moment could have spawned such extraordinary men as Hamilton and Madison. Part of the answer is that the Revolution produced an insatiable need for thinkers who could generate ideas and wordsmiths who could lucidly expound them. The immediate utility of ideas was an incalculable tonic for the founding generation. The fate of the democratic experiment depended upon political intellectuals who might have been marginalized at other periods.”
― Ron Chernow, quote from Alexander Hamilton
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